Friday, July 3, 2009
My comments are regarding the integration crisis facing Caricom at present. At the risk of oversimplifying, I think that if the Caribbean Diaspora organized as a political and economic unit in the Diaspora, none of the problems facing Caribbean states would exist because we would be in a much better financial and... read more...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Of all the events that have been splashed across the electronic and print media throughout the world for 2008 / 2009 none is more memorable having a lasting impression on my mind than to see Barack Obama accepting the nomination for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention. read more...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
30 years ago or thereabouts St George's University (SGU) was established by an American enterprise, in Grenada, concentrating on Medical and Veterinary Sciences. In recent years it has expanded its range of studies into other areas including degrees relating to business and information technology. read more...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Why are so many concerned about Barbados making the decision to expel some undesirables from Guyana? It's a dangerous thing now taking place in all the Caribbean countries as they are flooding each and every Island, and the majority are not looking at it. From Guyana comes those prejudiced Indians. read more...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
I have the greatest respect for your Caribbean Net News. Let me state that up front. Under normal conditions I consider your Caribbean Net News as “fair and balanced”. However to say that I am bitterly disappointed with direction of Caribbean Net News of late would be an understatement. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
When are Grenadians going to get serious about seeing contracts through to completion? One of the disappointments in doing business in Grenada is the casual attitude to contracts. Grenadians and others living here seem to think that it is fine to enter into contracts and to cancel out part way through. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
I have been following the immigration enforcements in Barbados and I have a few comments: 1. As a sovereign nation they can do what they want; 2. Other nations are likewise free to react in whatever way they think is right for them; 3. That is why it is my opinion that no Barbados national should be allowed... read more...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
On Saturday June 13, I was among a group of passengers booked on LIAT 368 – scheduled to depart Grantley Adams International airport in Barbados at 2pm enroute to VC Bird International airport, with a single stop at Melville Hall airport, Dominica. I had an onward connection later on the same day to Anguilla. read more...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
“Reshuffle” is the buzzword on the various Internet fora, on the radio and in the streets of Grenada. Now the Grenada Today (GT) has waded in (in an editorial for the week ending June 19), offering advice to Prime Minister Tillman Thomas as to how he should fix his Cabinet. It is my opinion that GT's editor's... read more...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
‘Intra-regional travel has a huge contribution to make to the small hotels but also in terms of the ability of people to do business and I know a lot of people who have just stopped travelling’. This is a direct verbatim quote made by Minister of Tourism, Senator Allen Chastanet. read more...
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Liat were suppose to pick up passengers on Flight 311 on 17/06/09, destination: Trinidad. Check in time was 6:30pm and the flight was supposed to leave 8:30pm. An announcement was made 10:55pm that the flight had been cancelled. A taxi was provided to take us home and bring us back the next morning 18/06/09. read more...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I won’t be surprise if some of the participants in this year Grenada 2009 jouvert celebration run into problems with the police, due to the fact that the authorities want to enforce an old colonial inherited law that says, jouvert mas must be played from 5:am to 10:am , and after that they must stop the celebration. read more...
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
It's great to see that Grenada finally has a modern day prime minister, that is willing to go the extra mile to highlight them and those that sacrificed with their lives in past times to make most things possible in Grenada today. This prime minister is a visionary that deserves full respect for at least trying. read more...
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Monday, June 1, 2009
ITEC asks aloud where was Prime Minister Patrick Manning for Indian Arrival Day celebrations on May 30th? On Saturday 30th May nation-wide saw a number activities across the nation; both in Trinidad and Tobago. Yet at not a single event where ITEC members visited reported the attendance of the Prime Minister. read more...
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Monday, June 1, 2009
At a time when various Caribbean ministers of government have recently met and agreed to levy yet another tax on intra Caribbean air travel, its time perhaps for them to contemplate exactly the effect its having on land based tourism. A seven-day cruise departing from Barbados was recently advertised... read more...
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Caricom citizens must learn from Barbados, rather than blame the Barbadian government for the treatment of illegal immigrants, who chose that country to make their new home. Barbados is a small densely populated country, and it is impossible for the government to accept a large flow of new immigrants. read more...
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Friday, May 29, 2009
The Congress of the People would like to express its grave concern over reports by the Honorable Prime Minister Patrick Manning that he intends to accept the resignation of Attorney General Bridgid Annisette-George and to replace her by John Jeremie. Your Excellency, you are no doubt aware that the citizens... read more...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
I can see the PM of Barbados becoming antsy with the influx of Guyanese to his little spot under the sun, but the feeling I have is if Guyanese workers are forced to leave Barbados, the little island will implode under the demands of the tourists on their population. Basically, Bajans were always a laid back set of people. read more...
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Monday, May 25, 2009
It was with great amusement that I read your piece by Oscar Ramjeet with relation to illegal aliens in Barbados. One thing it shows, if nothing else, how little these jokers know about Barbados. Here we have Oscar foaming at the mouth about a subject which is of the utmost concern to Barbadians. read more...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
In many Caribbean countries, the post of change manager has been introduced into the public service. The idea has been that these change managers would bring new and workable ideas into the public service so that performance is enhanced. Also, change managers are required to undertake a needs analysis. read more...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mr Jean Charles' piece on Israel is quite simplistic, inaccurate and sophomoric at best. His knowledge of history is incredibly flawed and his solution regarding the Israelis will not happen. The 1947 War for Israeli independence caused the so-called displacement of 800,000 Arabs, not Palestinians. read more...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Old people have a saying, “laugh like yo live out!" How it is the brightest man in St.Vincent and the Grenadines could not figure out Stanford and Millennium Banks alleged Ponzi schemes? How is it that these bright boys got conned into buying Caribbean Sun and Caribbean Star? read more...
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Monday, May 18, 2009
The provision of affordable housing to the poor and vulnerable citizens of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique has always been a priority of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Following the passage of Hurricanes Ivan and Emily, the NDC was at the forefront of the struggle against the NNP administration. read more...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
It is no secret that Ralph E. Gonsalves built a successful political career by unforgivably exposing, overstating, and or exaggerating, the mistakes, misfortunes, and indiscretions of his political and other opponent. He makes a habit of using his storytelling abilities to dress up the truth. read more...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Youth development can be defined as the ongoing growth process in which all youth are engaged in attempting to: meet their basic personal and social needs to be safe, feel cared for, be valued, be useful and spiritually grounded, and to build skills and competencies that allow them to function. read more...
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Monday, May 11, 2009
With less than two years to go before the next general elections, voters in St Vincent and the Grenadines seem poised to return the Ralph Gonsalves Unity Labour Party (ULP) government to power. It also seems the New Democratic Party (NDP) leader has embarked on an early campaign of lies, half-truths and deception. read more...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
We are pleased with your announcement that the United States intends to restore balance and fairness to its global tax policy. We agree with your focus on preventing tax fraud and evasion; ensuring that every corporation pays its fair and lawful share is important. We stand with you in favoring effective prevention... read more...
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Book a month in advance and the taxes on a one-way ticket with LIAT to St Lucia from Barbados amount to US$46.86 alone, and that doesn’t include the US$16.75 fuel and insurance surcharge. Why is it that the Government is calling on the private sector tourism industry to protect employment? read more...
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
God help us with people like Pablo. In his letter dated April 28, 2009, Pablo claimed that he did not vote for Obama, which leads me to believe that he now is an American citizen who lives in America and is a Republican. Well, Pablo, I am also an American citizen and the Republican Party has taken the same position. read more...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
I am Cuban, I did not vote for Obama, he is too far to the left, and I left my country because of the left politics, I know for a fact the left people think more in their agenda than on the people that voted for them. After a while is socialism and the liberty of the people is gone... Give me liberty of the people. read more...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
After reading Anthony Maillard's, "The Fifth Summit of the Americas - Ego vs Cuba vs Rhetoric," (Thursday, April 23) and Odeen Ishmael's, "After the euphoria: The Fifth Summit of the Americas in perspective," (Saturday, April 25), either our region is sharply divided on some issues despite our... read more...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
The Carriacou and Petite Martinique NDC Youth Organisation would like to commend the National Democratic Congress NDC Government of the hon Prime Minister Tillman Thomas for organising the town hall meetings in Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The town hall meetings were a very historic event. read more...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
John Criswick, I thank you for reacting to my essay on Haitian mangoes. A cursory review of the literature on mangoes shows that the fruit can vary in shape, taste and name depending on the country where grown. For example, while Haiti has the mango Baptist and Madame Francis, India has the mango Alphonse. read more...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I was pleasantly surprised to see your photo, read your editorial and to learn that you are editor of Caribbean Net News, which I read every day. Brought back memories of our time on Wulff Road in Nassau when you used to help us with Bahamian Times. Our efforts contributed to change in the Bahamas in 1967. read more...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Your editorial today showcasing the Caribbean’s embrace of President Obama as an incubator of love, compassion and hope is of the highest order. I particularly liked your concrete historical review connecting the Caribbean’s past with the US legacy of success, and not merely from a point of view of slavery. read more...
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Monday, April 20, 2009
I read Jean Charles’ article on Haitian mangoes with interest, but his assertion that the mango originated in East Africa doesn’t tie in well with the fact that mango descriptions appear in ancient Sanskrit writings in India going back 5,000 years, very long before the 4BC mentioned by Mr Charles. read more...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
President Obama and his administration have begun the process of lifting restrictions on the Caribbean Island of Cuba. This means that they are proving that international disputes can be resolved through sheer diplomacy. i.e. it is rather to engage your enemies rather than to be tough with them. read more...
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Monday, April 13, 2009
I am not the astute student of political science but on the other hand, one does not have to be a political scientist to contend that this newly concluded G-20 summit was Europe’s platform to consolidate its regulatory powers for dominance of a global economy. I must state that I was bitterly disappointed. read more...
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Carriacou is governed under the parliamentary system based on the British model. As part of the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique has a Governor General, currently Sir Carlyle Glean, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, who is also the political leader of the ruling NDC. read more...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
I once again find myself having to write to your good publication, which I really enjoy daily as it keeps me informed about an area of the world that is not only dear to me, but also important because of my past. This morning's edition tells us about the position taken by Representatives Frank Wolf and Chris Smith. read more...
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